In this tutorial, you'll build a Nest.js application to get yourself familiar with its building blocks as well as the fundamental principles of building modern web applications. You'll approach this project by separating the application into two different sections: the frontend and the backend. Firstly, you'll concentrate on the RESTful back-end API built with Nest.js. You'll then focus on the frontend, which you will build with Vue.js. Both applications will run on different ports and will function as separate domains.

dotnet new blazor --interactivity Server

dotnet new blazor --interactivity WebAssembly

// ...

builder.Services.AddRazorComponents()
       .AddInteractiveServerComponents();

// ...

app.MapRazorComponents<App>()
   .AddInteractiveServerRenderMode();

// ...

builder.Services.AddRazorComponents()
    .AddInteractiveWebAssemblyComponents();

// ...

app.MapRazorComponents<App>()
    .AddInteractiveWebAssemblyRenderMode()
    .AddAdditionalAssemblies(typeof(Counter).Assembly);

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.BlazorWebAssembly">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\BlazorDemoApp.Shared\BlazorDemoApp.Shared.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

builder.Services.AddScoped<IProductStore, ProductStore>();

@using static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.RenderMode
// ...
@using BlazorDemoApp.Client.Components.Store
@using BlazorDemoApp.Client.Components

<RelatedProducts ProductId="ProductId" @rendermode="@InteractiveWebAssembly"/>

using BlazorDemoApp.Services;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace BlazorDemoApp.Controllers;

[ApiController]
[Route("/api/[controller]")]
public class ProductsController : ControllerBase
{
    private readonly IProductStore _store;

    public ProductsController(IProductStore store) => _store = store;

    [HttpGet("[action]")]
    public IActionResult Related([FromQuery] int productId) => Ok(_store.GetRelatedProducts(productId));
}

builder.Services.AddControllers();
// ...
app.MapControllers();

@using BlazorDemoApp.Shared.Models
@inject HttpClient Http

<button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" @onclick="LoadRelatedProducts">Related products</button>

@if (_loadRelatedProducts)
{
    @if (_relatedProducts == null)
    {
        <p>Loading...</p>
    }
    else
    {
        <div class="mt-3">
            @foreach (var item in _relatedProducts)
            {
                <a href="/ProductDetails/@item.Id">
                    <div class="col-sm">
                        <h5 class="mt-0">@item.Title (@item.Price.ToString("C"))</h5>
                    </div>
                </a>
            }
        </div>
    }
}

@code{

    private IList<Product>? _relatedProducts;
    private bool _loadRelatedProducts;

    [Parameter]
    public int ProductId { get; set; }

    private async Task LoadRelatedProducts()
    {
        _loadRelatedProducts = true;
        var uri = $"/api/products/related?productId={ProductId}";
        _relatedProducts = await Http.GetFromJsonAsync<IList<Product>>(uri);
    }

}

System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot provide a value for property 'Http' on type 'RelatedProducts'.
There is no registered service of type 'System.Net.Http.HttpClient'.

<RelatedProducts ProductId="ProductId" @rendermode="@InteractiveWebAssembly"/>

builder.Services.AddScoped(sp => new HttpClient 
{ 
    BaseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost/") 
});

using BlazorDemoApp.Shared.Models;

namespace BlazorDemoApp.Shared.Data;

public interface IProductStore
{
    IList<Product> GetAllProducts();
    Product GetProduct(int id);
    Task<IList<Product>?> GetRelatedProducts(int productId);
}

public Task<IList<Product>?> GetRelatedProducts(int productId)
    {
        var product = ProductsDataSource.Single(x => x.Id == productId);
        return Task.FromResult<IList<Product>?>(ProductsDataSource.Where(p => product.Related.Contains(p.Id))
                                                                 .ToList());
    }

[HttpGet("[action]")]
public async Task<IActionResult> Related([FromQuery] int productId) =>
        Ok(await _store.GetRelatedProducts(productId));

public class ClientProductStore : IProductStore
{
    private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;

    public ClientProductStore(HttpClient httpClient) => _httpClient = httpClient;

    public IList<Product> GetAllProducts() => throw new NotImplementedException();

    public Product GetProduct(int id) => throw new NotImplementedException();

    public Task<IList<Product>?> GetRelatedProducts(int productId) =>
        _httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<IList<Product>>($"/api/products/related?productId={productId}");
}

builder.Services.AddScoped<IProductStore, ClientProductStore>();
builder.Services.AddScoped(sp => new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(builder.HostEnvironment.BaseAddress) });

@inject IProductStore ProductStore

private async Task LoadRelatedProducts()
{
   _loadRelatedProducts = true;
   _relatedProducts = await ProductStore.GetRelatedProducts(ProductId);
}

node -v

md \projects\node-edge-test1
cd \projects\node-edge-test1

npm install edge
npm install edge-sql

var edge = require('edge');

// The text in edge.func() is C# code
var helloWorld = edge.func('async (input) => { return input.ToString(); }');

helloWorld('Hello World!', function (error, result) {
    if (error) throw error;
    console.log(result);
});

node server.js

IF EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM sys.tables WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID('SampleUsers')) BEGIN; DROP TABLE SampleUsers; END; GO

CREATE TABLE SampleUsers ( Id INTEGER NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), FirstName VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, LastName VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, Email VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, CreateDate DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT(getdate()), PRIMARY KEY (Id) ); GO

INSERT INTO SampleUsers(FirstName,LastName,Email,CreateDate) VALUES('Orla','Sweeney','nunc@convallisincursus.ca','Apr 13, 2014');
INSERT INTO SampleUsers(FirstName,LastName,Email,CreateDate) VALUES('Zia','Pickett','porttitor.tellus.non@Duis.com','Aug 31, 2014');
INSERT INTO SampleUsers(FirstName,LastName,Email,CreateDate) VALUES('Justina','Ayala','neque.tellus.imperdiet@temporestac.com','Jul 28, 2014');
INSERT INTO SampleUsers(FirstName,LastName,Email,CreateDate) VALUES('Levi','Parrish','adipiscing.elit@velarcueu.com','Jun 21, 2014');
INSERT INTO SampleUsers(FirstName,LastName,Email,CreateDate) VALUES('Pearl','Warren','In@dignissimpharetra.org','Mar 3, 2014');

set EDGE_SQL_CONNECTION_STRING=Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=node-test;Integrated Security=True

SETX EDGE_SQL_CONNECTION_STRING "Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=node-test;Integrated Security=True"

var http = require('http');
var edge = require('edge');
var port = process.env.PORT || 8080;

var getTopUsers = edge.func('sql', function () {/*
    SELECT TOP 3 * FROM SampleUsers ORDER BY CreateDate DESC
*/});

function logError(err, res) {
    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
    res.write("Error: " + err);
    res.end("");
}    

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' });

    getTopUsers(null, function (error, result) {
        if (error) { logError(error, res); return; }
        if (result) {
            res.write("<ul>");
            result.forEach(function(user) {
                res.write("<li>" + user.FirstName + " " + user.LastName + ": " + user.Email + "</li>");
            });
            res.end("</ul>");
        }
        else {
        }
    });
}).listen(port);
console.log("Node server listening on port " + port);

node server-sql-query.js

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace EdgeSampleLibrary
{
     public class Sample1
    {
        public async Task<object> Invoke(object input)
        {
            // Edge marshalls data to .NET using an IDictionary<string, object>
            var payload = (IDictionary<string, object>) input;
            var pageNumber = (int) payload["pageNumber"];
            var pageSize = (int) payload["pageSize"];
            return await QueryUsers(pageNumber, pageSize);
        }

        public async Task<List<SampleUser>> QueryUsers(int pageNumber, int pageSize)
        {
            // Use the same connection string env variable
            var connectionString = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("EDGE_SQL_CONNECTION_STRING");
            if (connectionString == null)
                throw new ArgumentException("You must set the EDGE_SQL_CONNECTION_STRING environment variable.");

            // Paging the result set using a common table expression (CTE).
            // You may rather do this in a stored procedure or use an 
            // ORM that supports async.
            var sql = @"
DECLARE @RowStart int, @RowEnd int;
SET @RowStart = (@PageNumber - 1) * @PageSize + 1;
SET @RowEnd = @PageNumber * @PageSize;

WITH Paging AS
(
    SELECT  ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY CreateDate DESC) AS RowNum,
            Id, FirstName, LastName, Email, CreateDate
    FROM    SampleUsers
)
SELECT  Id, FirstName, LastName, Email, CreateDate
FROM    Paging
WHERE   RowNum BETWEEN @RowStart AND @RowEnd
ORDER BY RowNum;
";
            var users = new List<SampleUser>();

            using (var cnx = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
            {
                using (var cmd = new SqlCommand(sql, cnx))
                {
                    await cnx.OpenAsync();

                    cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@PageNumber", SqlDbType.Int) { Value = pageNumber });
                    cmd.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@PageSize", SqlDbType.Int) { Value = pageSize });

                    using (var reader = await cmd.ExecuteReaderAsync(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection))
                    {
                        while (await reader.ReadAsync())
                        {
                            var user = new SampleUser
                            {
                                Id = reader.GetInt32(0), 
                                FirstName = reader.GetString(1), 
                                LastName = reader.GetString(2), 
                                Email = reader.GetString(3), 
                                CreateDate = reader.GetDateTime(4)
                            };
                           users.Add(user);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return users;
        } 
    }

    public class SampleUser
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public string Email { get; set; }
        public DateTime CreateDate { get; set; }
    }
}

[project]/bin/Debug/EdgeSampleLibrary.dll

var http = require('http');
var edge = require('edge');
var port = process.env.PORT || 8080;

// Set up the assembly to call from Node.js 
var querySample = edge.func({ assemblyFile: 'EdgeSampleLibrary.dll', typeName: 'EdgeSampleLibrary.Sample1', methodName: 'Invoke' });

function logError(err, res) { res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }); res.write("Got error: " + err); res.end(""); }

http.createServer(function (req, res) { res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' });

    // This is the data we will pass to .NET
    var data = { pageNumber: 1, pageSize: 3 };

    // Invoke the .NET function
    querySample(data, function (error, result) {
        if (error) { logError(error, res); return; }
        if (result) {
            res.write("<ul>");
            result.forEach(function(user) {
                res.write("<li>" + user.FirstName + " " + user.LastName + ": " + user.Email + "</li>");
            });
            res.end("</ul>");
        }
        else {
            res.end("No results");
        }
    });

}).listen(port);

console.log("Node server listening on port " + port);

node server-dotnet-query.js

Rider 2018.3.1 comes with fixes for:

Several issues in the debugger: RIDER-23087, RIDER-22932, RIDER-22770, RIDER-22887, and RIDER-22873.
Broken NuGet window after searching for “mongo” text (RIDER-22927).
Endless “Retrieving properties…” progress bar for Project Properties (RIDER-22924).
Inability to activate the dotTrace plugin via the License Server (RIDER-22876).
The “Failed to get the list of simulators” error on getting a list of iOS simulators (RIDER-22878).
The issue where a .jar setting file couldn’t be imported to Rider 2018.3 (RIDER-22823).
The misplaced position of inline parameter name hints (RIDER-22452).
 

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